I remember reading about it a while back, did the company do away with the idea or is it still floating around? I remember a lot of people were against it.

I'm still interested...that would be badass...wasn't it supposed to run around $1500 for the block??

That would be sweet. But I have never heard of it.

Brynden

I believe it was Howell that was talkin bout it. For some reason though, most people bad mouthed it and were against it. They boasted that it could possibly handle up to 50 psi and have a displacement of 3.0L. For $1500, i'd hit it

Yes it was Howell that posted abou tit. I don't know that Gary got the support he was looking for, I haven't heard anything about any R&D being done.

But 3.0L ALuminum block... would be sweet



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It already exists, and has been for sale for a while now.



350 hp at 7200rpm, naturally aspirated.
600 hp, sequential twin turbo

The cost for the block (semi machined) is about $1000 and the Hemi head (my personal favorite) is about $800 bare and semi-machined also.

It's available from Mopar Performance - P5007090AB is the part number for the head, and P5007467 is the block.

http://www.allpar.com/mopar/la4.html

yeah but it's talking about being for rear wheel drive trannys. Can we even use that?

I was talking about this topic, http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=5&topic_id=28280&mesg_id=28280&listing_type=search

thedawg- are you sure it's the same one? cuz howell and afx were talking about charging like 2400 for just the bare block which is why everybody was against it. and that site says it's for a v8 rwd transmission.

I checked for that parts number and the price it shows is $2750 not 1000.

sounds like that focus V8/RWD conversions

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That ain't a drop in replacement

It's for purpose built race cars, as in... the ones with tubular chassis, etc. You wanna build a tube chassis eclipse, with 420a-ish aluminum block, there's your motor. Otherwise, it's just good engineering fun.

Seriously, I think the Honda phenomonon has affected peoples' heads. "Motor Swap" is not the legendary mythical path to all amount of engine horsepoweriness.

Besides, you guys aren't wussing out on building a RWD 2gnt are you? Cause the 4g63 guys have done it several times